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'Whistleblower': Corporate drama dialed up to 11

Film / Reviews Feb 6, 2019

'Whistleblower': Corporate drama dialed up to 11

by Mark Schilling

Japan is justly praised for its law-abiding citizenry. Drop your wallet on the street here and a kind local is likely to come running after you to return it. On the corporate level, though, scandal follows scandal. One of the most common sights on ...

Police bust multimillion-dollar Australia-China baby formula crime ring

Asia Pacific Jan 22, 2019

Police bust multimillion-dollar Australia-China baby formula crime ring

Six people have been charged after Australian authorities uncovered a multimillion-dollar crime syndicate stealing baby formula and vitamins from major retailers across Sydney for shipment to China, police said Monday. Four members of one family and two other men have been arrested and charged over ...

Ollan Cassell thinks embattled JOC chief Tsunekazu Takeda should step aside in wake of French probe

Olympics Jan 19, 2019

Ollan Cassell thinks embattled JOC chief Tsunekazu Takeda should step aside in wake of French probe

by Ed Odeven

With serious allegations of corruption and bribery linked to Japanese Olympic Committee chief Tsunekazu Takeda, a prominent member of the global sports community issued a call for Japanese authorities to sever ties with him. Ollan Cassell believes a leadership change is needed now instead of ...

LDP Toyama chapter led by minister gets donation from bid-rigging firm, will return funds

National / Politics Oct 19, 2018

LDP Toyama chapter led by minister gets donation from bid-rigging firm, will return funds

A ruling Liberal Democratic Party chapter headed by Mitsuhiro Miyakoshi, state minister in charge of Okinawa and Northern Territories affairs, received political donations from a company involved in bid-rigging, data from the political funds reports of the chapter showed Thursday. The electoral district branch in ...

Basketball Sep 5, 2018

Japan Basketball Association officials apologize to Diet members for scandal

Officials from the Japan Basketball Association apologized to an all-party parliamentary group for the recent scandal involving members of the men's national team. Four players received a one-year suspension after they were found to have purchased the services of a sex worker in Jakarta during ...

More men pass entrance exams than women at 80% of Japan's medical schools: survey

National / Social Issues Sep 5, 2018

More men pass entrance exams than women at 80% of Japan's medical schools: survey

The government released preliminary results of a survey on medical school entrance exams in the wake of a prestigious university admitting it lowered the scores of women to curb their enrollment.

Shinzo Abe's Kake Gakuen scandal refuses to lie down and die

National / Media | MEDIA MIX Jun 30, 2018

Shinzo Abe's Kake Gakuen scandal refuses to lie down and die

by Philip Brasor

Most people believe politicians lie, though the reflexive skepticism with which the current U.S. president’s pronouncements are met is probably exceptional. The secret to successful lying is to never admit to it in the slightest way. That rule of thumb has been challenged by a ...

Mitsubishi Materials president to step down over data tampering scandal

Business / Corporate Jun 11, 2018

Mitsubishi Materials president to step down over data tampering scandal

Mitsubishi Materials Corp. said Monday its president, Akira Takeuchi, will step down to take responsibility for a slew of product quality falsifications at the nonferrous metal group. Takeuchi, 63, will become chairman without representation rights and will be replaced by Executive Vice President Naoki Ono, ...

Ex-aide to Abe likely to admit meeting with Kake official in LDP move to mitigate opposition criticism

National / Politics May 2, 2018

Ex-aide to Abe likely to admit meeting with Kake official in LDP move to mitigate opposition criticism

Tadao Yanase, a government official allegedly involved in the favoritism scandal involving Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, is expected to admit he met with a Kake Gakuen representative in April 2015.

Tokio member Tatsuya Yamaguchi plans to leave pop group over kissing scandal

Entertainment News May 2, 2018

Tokio member Tatsuya Yamaguchi plans to leave pop group over kissing scandal

Tatsuya Yamaguchi, a member of Japanese all-male pop group Tokio, intends to leave the five-member band after coming under fire for kissing a high school student against her will, other group members revealed Wednesday. The remaining four members — Shigeru Joshima, Masahiro Matsuoka, Tomoya Nagase ...

Finance Ministry acknowledges sexual harassment and cuts former bureaucrat's retirement pay

National Apr 27, 2018

Finance Ministry acknowledges sexual harassment and cuts former bureaucrat's retirement pay

Acknowledging he harassed a reporter, the ministry decides to trim the disgraced bureaucrat’s benefits with a penalty equivalent to 20 percent of a half year’s wages.

Japan's education minister apologizes after magazine reveals visit to a 'sexy yoga' studio using official car

National / Politics Apr 25, 2018

Japan's education minister apologizes after magazine reveals visit to a 'sexy yoga' studio using official car

Education minister Yoshimasa Hayashi apologized after a magazine reported he used an official car to visit a “yoga hostess club,” threatening to add further scandal to Abe’s government.

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